''His Greatest Bluff'' (German: ''Sein größter Bluff'') is a 1927
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silent comedy film
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directed by
Henrik Galeen
Henrik Galeen (7 January 1881 – 30 July 1949) was an Austrian-born actor, screenwriter and film director considered an influential figure in the development of German Expressionist cinema during the silent era.
Early years
Considerable mystery ...
and
Harry Piel
Heinrich Piel (12 July 1892 – 27 March 1963), known professionally as Harry Piel, was a prolific German actor, film director, screenwriter, and film producer who was involved in over 150 films.
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and starring Piel,
Toni Tetzlaff
Toni Tetzlaff (born Elisabeth Antonie Pauline Tetzlaff; 13 March 1871 – 16 December 1947) was a German stage and film actress.Chander p. 272
Selected filmography
* '' Alkohol'' (1919)
* '' Lilli'' (1919)
* '' Lilli's Marriage'' (1919)
* ''Th ...
and
Lotte Lorring
Lotte Lorring (born Erna Else Charlotte Budzinski; 6 December 1893 – 20 March 1939) was a German stage and film actress and operetta singer.Chandler p.272
Death
Lorring died on 20 March 1939, aged 45, in Berlin, Germany.
Filmography
* '' Um ...
. Its title is sometimes translated as ''His Biggest Bluff''. Today, the film is best known for the early role it offered to
Marlene Dietrich
Marie Magdalene "Marlene" DietrichBorn as Maria Magdalena, not Marie Magdalene, according to Dietrich's biography by her daughter, Maria Riva ; however Dietrich's biography by Charlotte Chandler cites "Marie Magdalene" as her birth name . (, ; ...
who was only cast after great effort by her agents. The film was shot at the
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Studios, located in Western
Berlin
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, during January and February 1927. It premiered on 12 May 1927 at the
Alhambra-Palast in Berlin.
[Bach p.495]
Cast
References
Bibliography
* Bach, Steven. ''Marlene Dietrich: Life and Legend''. University of Minnesota Press, 2011
* Gemünden, Gerd & Desjardins, Mary R. ''Dietrich Icon''. Duke University Press, 2007.
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1927 films
Films of the Weimar Republic
German silent feature films
1927 comedy films
German comedy films
Films directed by Henrik Galeen
Films directed by Harry Piel
Films produced by Seymour Nebenzal
German black-and-white films
Silent comedy films
1920s German films
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